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...right.... but...
The Itanium market segment was to have included the low-end 64 server market that AMD has addressed. Intel obviously feel threatened otherwise they'd not have backtracked in this way. At least they are smart enough to have put a bet each-way.

The key I think is in the comment "once there are a sufficient number...." which won't happen for mainstream apps if Windows 64 is the x86/64 architecture.

As for performance overall... are these new chip designs all RISC running CISC instruction sets in microcode anyway?? So once the codebase is moved from x86/32 to x86/64 then the CPU optimisations for raw 64 can be applied without killing the performance of 32bit apps... which is what makes Itanium struggle for acceptance now in the low end.
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Itanium is in trouble  dg mh | 02/17/04
Final nail in the coffin?  javabri@... | 02/17/04
Lucky HP happy  phorvath2110 | 02/17/04
re: Lucky HP happy  Wolfie2K3 | 02/18/04
not even in the same market segment!  ShadeTree | 02/17/04
...right.... but...  rafe01 | 02/18/04
Sure it is  javabri@... | 02/18/04
Two weeks ago they said 64 bit was irrelevent  Jomo_z | 02/17/04
Getting their A$$ handed to them.  ITGuy04 | 02/17/04
small correction:  ryusen | 02/17/04
One opteron please  Suicida| | 02/18/04
Good point. . . Microsoft said the same about Linux . . .  Plain Logic | 02/17/04
The missing link  michael-t | 02/17/04
Already running 64-bits on the desktop here...  Guy Fawkes | 02/17/04
One Platform  in-DUH-vidual | 02/17/04
intel thinks we not ready for 64bit because they so ?  M_c | 02/17/04
Too bad!  pa2004 | 02/17/04
Get a clue  ITGuy04 | 02/18/04
Smart is as smart does.  Suicida| | 02/18/04
Yep too bad.  Suicida| | 02/18/04
re: Too bad!  Wolfie2K3 | 02/18/04
(NT) We're slowly becoming an Opteron shop. . . Intel missed the boat.  Plain Logic | 02/17/04
(NT) Nothing beats Opteron Blades from a TCO point of view !!!  Plain Logic | 02/17/04
Good for Intel  enewmen | 02/17/04
Good for everyone.  Suicida| | 02/18/04
Intel is the best processor for the datacenter  Xunil_Sierutuf. | 02/17/04
Budweiser is the best beer for the bar  Suicida| | 02/18/04
Intel = Garbage  ITGuy04 | 02/18/04
AMD Rules in F1 -- and in my Company since 500MHz  Uralbas | 02/18/04
AMD how do they do it?  support@... | 02/19/04

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